my life with the crusts cut off

Tuesdaykim

We are officially at the halfway mark of husband’s three week trip to Turkey. It’s been a challenging and emotionally charged 10 days, but overall I’ve surprised myself and learned a lot about myself as a mum. The boys are missing him in their own ways: T is crossing off the days on the calendar […]

There’s a commercial that really aggravates me. It’s the one where the snarly hipster daughter is espousing the benefits of oats whilst her snarly white bread mother makes fun of her for ‘discovering The Kinks’. What a b**ch. Tell me, posh lady – would you prefer your daughter ‘discover’ One Direction or Nikki Minaji or […]

Warning: this post may be a bit of a downer. Bear with me. Or is it ‘bare’? Nah, that sounds like an invitation for nudity. I’ll stick with ‘bear’ (unless you’re into that kind of thing. No judgement). Husband flew out yesterday. And I think I’ve stopped crying. I didn’t anticipate being so emotional. I […]

This has been the year of big change for our family. We sold our little cottage and bought (and renovated) my childhood hood home. A massive family wedding. New roles at work for husband and I (and a whole new office for me!). We’ve heralded 2014 the “Year of Biting Off More Than We Can […]

I love watching movies. When I daydream about how I’d spend a day without kids and responsibilities and obligations, it always includes going to the movies. And wine. And sleeping. Husband and I rarely get to sit and watch a movie that doesn’t involve animated animals, so when we do there is a lot of […]

Monday – 3pm Left home an hour early in the hope that M might fall asleep on the preschool pick-up ride. He did, so now I’m sitting in the car on the side of the road. The car is warm, and the traffic hums as it passes. I’m trying not to fall asleep myself. M […]

Hold the front page: three nights ago I ventured out after dark, hair did, sans children. This is a noteworthy event. Generally I only leave the house post-sunset to make the mad dash to Woolworths for bread or milk or chocolate. Emergencies. This time it wasn’t a family-sized block of Snack that got me out, […]

I’m constantly amazed at how a photographer can find beauty in the simplest of places, or how others are able to style beautiful arrangements. I wish I was a photographer, but I just don’t have the eye for it. I don’t “see” the way a does. Sometimes I feel like it holds me back from […]

To my smallest and boldest boy, M. It was a Saturday when you finally arrived. Five days late. Just before I went into labour I was having a minor tantrum because I had discovered that none of my pyjamas fit me anymore. Your birthday was nearly earlier. Because you were going to be a big […]

Littlest M is two years old next week. With all that is happening we’ve decided that adding “party planning” is probably not a great idea. I love planning so this is disappointing, but I’ll still manage to get myself in a tizz about cake and gift ideas. I can’t believe M is turning two. The […]